Other Gaudiya Vaishnava missions

Gaudiya or Bengal Vaishnavism is based on the life and teachings of Caitanya (1486-1533), the founder of the sect, who is also called Krishna-Caitanya, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and Gauranga. Caitanya wrote only a Sanskrit poem of eight verses on his rapture at the embrace of the deity, though his ecstatic singing and dancing as he experienced the love of Krishnaand Radha inspired others. Among these followers were the Six Gosvamins who wrote a theology of the gaudiya vaishnavas.

ISKCON devotees follow a disciplic line of Gaudiya Bhagavata Vaishnavas and are the largest branch of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Vaishnavism means 'worship of Vishnu', and Gauḍa refers to the area where this particular branch of Vaishnavism originated, in the Gauda region of West Bengal. Gaudiya Vaishnavism has had a following in India, especially West Bengaland Orissa, for the past five hundred years. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada disseminated Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology in the Western world through extensive writings and translations, including the Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam.

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